MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 15:48
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 76 2-Core 151 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 456 45% 368 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 88.4 79% 94.4 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 85 Splatting 77.8 67% 82.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9961982 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2756	30.4% Below average	Read 180 Write 76.5 Mixed 74 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 1.75 55% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 3.67 24% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103833 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 97.2 Write 97.3 Mixed 85.2 119% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	960x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	412x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	149x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	87x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	34x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16